Blood, And The Beer Guys: Case Study

In The Mud, The Blood, and The Beer Guys, the authors explain a process called Organizational Osmosis which takes place in a company called Industry International. By definition, this process is an “ongoing behavioral and cognitive processes by which individuals join, become integrated into, and exit organization” (Gibson & Papa, 70, 2000). In other words, this process consists of different behaviors and expectations which individual possesses before, during, after joins or exits the organization. In general, this process can hurt or benefit the company depended on the worker prior knowledge of the employer. In this particular case, the authors mention about two terms, Concertive Control and Critical Approach, which further explain the decision making to enforce a good transition for the employers. To begin
For instance, the workers specifically and realistically identify themselves in certain images as the Industry International man. Based on the study, all of them agree that an ideal worker for the Industry International man should be “outfitted for hard work,” “dependable,” “self-motivated,” and “conscientious and concerned about the quality of product” (Gibson & Papa, 2000). These workers establish this image with one another, based on the reality working at this company, where an individual has to be tough and strong enough to survive. If an individual failed to possess one or more qualities, he/she would not be qualified as an ideal worker for Industry International. Overall, the candidate has to be “naturally fitted to the job,” or they would be “excluded from such work on the basis of their inability” (Gibson & Papa, 2000). Additionally, Critical Approach, an examination of an inherent balance within the relationship between owners and workers which leads to workers revolution (Miller,